Assessment ScoreCard – 31 Day

Aircraft Traffic Assessment: 31 Day Scorecard



The symbol indicates the measure is better than the average when compared with other assessed
UK postcodes. The ❌ represents the opposite. Assessed averages are shown in brackets.

See: for a full explanation about the Assessment scorecard.

Assessment Scorecard headlines

All Assessments are based on an ambient background noise of between 30 and 40 dBs i.e. a quiet residential area. Typically the noise from an overflying aircraft is between 50-65 dBs. If your property is located near to a busy road i.e. 70-75 dBs, the noise impact from aircraft will be significantly reduced, whilst the road remains busy.

Note: Overflying aircraft noise typically has a duration of 30-50 seconds, the higher the plane the longer the duration. Whereas the average car, bus or HGV the duration is only a few seconds.

Date of survey

20/10/2025 09:29:05

UK Postcode Area

WELLING, LONDON, DA16 2LE

Baseline geo-coordinates

51.4603 , 0.09486

Survey type

31 days prior to: 19-Oct-2025 @23:20:42

Assessment band

INTERMITTENT

Assessment actual value

4.53

Assessment description

Will encounter some day-time noise disturbances that are caused by the volumes of planes overflying Also expect a possible visual impact too.

Band range

Lower: 4.0 --> Upper: 7.0

Volumes, Height bands, and Intensity.

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Count of ALL flights

1,341 / 43.3 / 2.5

Flights above 26k feet.

962 / 31.0 / 1.8 (760)

Flights between 16k and 26k feet

181 / 5.8 / 0.3

Flights between 13k and 15k feet

38 / 1.2 / 0.1

Flights between 7k and 12k feet

15 / 0.5 / 0.0

Flights between 6k and 7k feet

41 / 1.3 / 0.1

Flights between 5k and 6k feet

63 / 2.0 / 0.1

Flights between 4k and 5k feet

18 / 0.6 / 0.0

Flights between 3k and 4k feet

2 / 0.1 / 0.0

Flights below 3k feet

21 / 0.7 / 0.0

4 or more flights per hour

7 / 0.2

9 or more flights per hour

0 / 0.0

Departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

32 / 1.0 / 0.1

Time and Sleep Analysis

For Assessment / Daily Avg. / Hourly Avg.

Between Midnight and 1am

24 / 0.8

Between 1am and 2am

18 / 0.6

Between 2am and 3am

19 / 0.6

Between 3am and 4am

20 / 0.6

Between 4am and 5am

44 / 1.4

Between 5am and 6am

93 / 3.0

Between 6am and 7am

86 / 2.8

Between 7am and 8am

71 / 2.3

Between 8am and 9pm

807 / 26.0 / 1.9

Between 10pm and 11pm

36 / 1.2

Between 11pm and Midnight

30 / 1.0

Other Noise Disturbance, Vibration and Emissions factors

Avg time in seconds an aircraft remained in the airspace bubble

14

Percentage of overflying occuring Out-Of-Hours and at Weekends

72 (43)

Minimum avg. distance in miles

0.47

Number of possible disruptions by; day / out-of-hours / hour

4.0 / 3.0 / 0.2

Flight holding stack identified?

No

Altitude for all flights

29,400

Altitude of departures between 1.5k and 15k feet

13,707

Altitude of flights below 20k feet

12,123

Busiest times of day
(Distruption: 0 - low, 25+ high)

Day of week, time, frequency and number of flight events.

6.25

Sundays between 5:00 and 6:00- 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:4 flight events.

5.50

Fridays between 5:00 and 6:00- 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

3.75

Saturdays between 16:00 and 17:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:3 flight events.

3.00

Thursdays between 5:00 and 6:00- 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:2 flight events.

2.50

Fridays between 13:00 and 14:00 - 2 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:2 flight events.

12.50

Saturdays between 6:00 and 7:00- 1 time(s) in 4 weeks. Approx:7 flight events.

Our scorecard is designed to provide a greater understanding how the assessment was reached for your selected UK post code. To enable you to validate our assessment we also provide up to 10 occurrences when we believe the disruption will be at its highest.

For those that would like to perform their own analysis we can also provide the low level flight data that includes the length of time a plane existed inside your select airspace bubble.



Evidence by associated Airport – indicative only: WELLING

UK Airport Count of Flights Percentage of Total
TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT?65048.5
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT1319.8
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT1027.6
MANCHESTER AIRPORT1017.5
LONDON GATWICK AIRPORT725.4
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT624.6
BOURNEMOUTH AIRPORT534.0
SOUTHAMPTON AIRPORT483.6
LONDON BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT231.7
BRISTOL AIRPORT171.3
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT151.1